Just as the adjutant raised his steel-centered broom, the insect dealer issued a brisk, professional command.

The guard before the official residence changed and I could distinctly hear the officer give his brisk commands.

Cadsuane took charge, issuing brisk commands, as might have been expected.

The shout of a brisk command told him who these arrivals were.

He gave a brisk command to the armed men who had boarded with him.

On the communicator screen, Helmut entered the laboratory where the technicians were building the laser, asked some question, and gave a brisk command.

Then, before any one could fire, Monte Agland snapped a brisk command.

She quelled her with a brisk command.

Their guns quit talking; like The Shadow, they heard a brisk command from the boat.

She heard Allard's voice, a brisk, low-tone command: "Take him!"